When the living, decapitated head of Cal McDonald's old buddy shows up on his doorstep, it launches the private eye/monster hunter out of his familiar surroundings and into the nightmarish world of Los Angeles. There, he must face a savage pair of bestial killers and a bloodthirsty vampire as he strives to help his unfortunate friend. Little does he know that a demonic deal has been struck In the tradition of the hardboiled fiction of Hammett and Chandler, author Steve Niles takes readers on a bizarre trip through an America populated by monsters, freaks, and ghouls.